Up-Grade-Itis (UGI)... your worst attack??

So guys...

This thread will be directed to help us with our UGI attacks. Either finding ways to scape from wife or to cure from it... if there is any cure for UGI. NASA scienticists have determinated that UGI is like cancer: It can be controlled, but it can't be cured.

My worst UGI attack was some weeks ago when shortly after buying my fork end of last year, I dropped money on the Switchblade I just got. I was so sick with UGI, that I was just about to pull the trigger on some wheels or a Hadley hub.

Fortunately for my family's good, I JUST got the frame.

So, what has been your worst UGI attack??
How do you keep yourself from not buying/getting/trading more bike stuff??
Do you think is there any cure??

This thread will be directed to help us with our UGI attacks. Either finding ways to scape from wife or to cure from it... if there is any cure for UGI. NASA scienticists have determinated that UGI is like cancer: It can be controlled, but it can't be cured.

My worst UGI attack was some weeks ago when shortly after buying my fork end of last year, I dropped money on the Switchblade I just got. I was so sick with UGI, that I was just about to pull the trigger on some wheels or a Hadley hub.

Fortunately for my family's good, I JUST got the frame.

So, what has been your worst UGI attack??
How do you keep yourself from not buying/getting/trading more bike stuff??
Do you think is there any cure??

BTW... there are at least three Turner Homers around here... I'm just gonna pop a beer and enjoy the show, now they know there's an Ellsworth rider hanging around here... this is gonna be funny!!

Did you have any chance to try the Galfer pads alone or did you threw them along with the rotors?

Madaleno is on Juicy's too and he couldn't be any more happy. Stock everything.

I actually dumped the avid rotors and pads, not before trying EBC gold pads at the rear of my bike. I got some noise reduction with the EBCs, but not for long. So I decided to start from square one with the Galfers.

Were do you guys ride?, I normally go to Chiluca, but appears that you ussually go to El Desierto and SNT.

I actually dumped the avid rotors and pads, not before trying EBC gold pads at the rear of my bike. I got some noise reduction with the EBCs, but not for long. So I decided to start from square one with the Galfers.

Oh, I see... my rotors are rather old, I may give a try to Galfer combo

Originally Posted by Villalobos

Were do you guys ride?, I normally go to Chiluca, but appears that you ussually go to El Desierto and SNT.

We are rather Chiluca regulars... but where do you ride there or at what time? I would remember an Id very well, not like Jekyll's that you can see up to 20 on each ride over there.

Hey Villalobos, this sunday it seems we're going to SNT... It's sort of new for us, so we're searching 4 trails over the Ajusco. Also read the post about a gathering of lost souls. It should be a sticky post. It's going to be like in 2 weeks at SNT! Of course you're more than invited

About UGI.... I think that everytime I thought I had finally been cured 4ever, something comes up. Like I said earlier, when I had my Stumpy, I thought that I would ride it for a year or so before doing anything.... 2 weeks later I ordered the Moto Lite....jejejeje

Hey Villalobos, this sunday it seems we're going to SNT... It's sort of new for us, so we're searching 4 trails over the Ajusco. Also read the post about a gathering of lost souls. It should be a sticky post. It's going to be like in 2 weeks at SNT! Of course you're more than invited

Thanks for the invitation!, I think will join for the gathering in March, will keep an eye to that post

OK, here's mine

Hello, my name is Bob, and I have Upgradeitis.

Last year I was browsing the mtbr classifieds to upgrade the EXR Pro on my Warp. (Mind you, the EXR was only a few months old). I found an ad that listed '04 leftover Marzocchi's at a very attractive price. I called the number and the ensuing phone call began my relationship with Jared Johnson of Downshift Cycles. I told him I wanted to buy the Marathon S and slap it on my Warp. By the end of the phone call I had ordered the Marathon fork, the LD 626S frame, and a Pig DH Pro headset. Hey, I deserve it, don't I? I had already purchased a Romic Twin D for the Warp, and it would have fit the Leader, but I had questions regarding long-term reliability, sold it on ebay and got a Fox Vanilla R instead. Of course, what's the point in having a Fox product if it's not PUSH'd, right? Off to PUSH goes my shock. The rest of the build came from the parts I had already upgraded on the Warp.....sort of. This included a handbuilt XT/Rhynolite wheelset, Avid discs and SD 7 levers, Hussefelt cranks, and SRAM X.7 triggers and R/D. I couldn't swap out the SRAM X-Gen front derailluer from the Warp (which was another upgrade from the Alivio it origianlly came with) because it interfered with the suspension linkage, so I bought an XT. The stem and handlebars were generic Giant products, and of course had no place on the new frame so the obvious thing to do was buy the oversized Hussefelt bars and matching stem you had been reading about. Hmmm..while I'm at it, there's probably no need to keep the Weirwolf's from the Warp. Ordered a set of Panaracer Cinders. After all, the Cinders are great for wet, rocky rooty trails, much like the terrain you ride. The WTB saddle from the Warp while comfortable, was just way too pedestrian for my new ride, so buy the nice looking Selle Italia Karve saddle with the embroidered Marzocchi emblem you saw on ebay. What's a new saddle without a new seatpost? Look at the Thomson's....too expensive. Look at the offerings from Titec, see the cool looking Hellbent setback seatpost that matches the S curve in your seat tube, and there's the justification for that purchase. Besides, with a setback seatpost, my weight will be further back on the rear wheel and great for traction while climbing in the saddle, and no need to stick my fat arse over the back of the saddle on descents, etc., etc., etc.

When that build ended, I bought my Ibex RSR-B24. I will spare you the heartache of that UGI tale and just say that the upgrades came as soon as I uncrated the bike, and cost about half again what I paid for it. I do have two very nice bikes though. Isn't that justification enough?

UGI is like drug addiction. The justification is all in your head, and the need for the next fix is very real. Thank goodness for 12 step programs. I've been clean for 8 months now, but I know I will never be cured. I will always be a recovering Upgrade-aholic.

I'm concerned.... this thing seems to be cyclic... this thread was started a year ago and now I had another UGI attack....

This time it was some serious crap....

You're wrong warp.. all the changes you did were absolutely indispensable, keeping riding your bike as it was would just be perjudical to your health and mental stability. I remember you writing about breaking beyond repair every single bit replaced since your frame. Remember your Warp frame? Everybody remembers that big dent on the downtube and that fissure on the chainstay, how could you have ridden that?

The Magura fork broke when you were clearing a twig of grass, that's why you got the AM, your cranks were diminute and were affecting your legs, so that's why the deus cranksets, you got tired of crashing into trees/rocks/friends because your previous brakes didn't work, that's why you got the new ones... and on, and on....

How do you like the XC-300 wheelset?? I'm seriously watching at one of those (a$$ in serious danger)

Warp, in one of my UGI attacks I ended up with some I9 wheels.....
SO.... I have a set of FSA XC300, with like 5 rides on them... so they are basically new.
Let me know if you are interested, i've heard that they are really good wheels, and i didnt have any problems.. they look reallly cool also (not as cool as the I9 though..jeje), so anyway, let me know.... dont know about customs and all that, I think its a pain to send stuff to Mexico

Warp, in one of my UGI attacks I ended up with some I9 wheels.....
SO.... I have a set of FSA XC300, with like 5 rides on them... so they are basically new.
Let me know if you are interested, i've heard that they are really good wheels, and i didnt have any problems.. they look reallly cool also (not as cool as the I9 though..jeje), so anyway, let me know.... dont know about customs and all that, I think its a pain to send stuff to Mexico

Sorry, wrong post.... about my previous response...

Mailing stuff to mexico can tare 4ever, or just a few days. Do you like to play lotto?

I guess going with an expensive mailing option like UPS or DHL Express can be the most reliable way (with regard to time)... or are Customs just slow no matter what???

I'm positive they were overloaded for the seasons... this last package csame to Rzoz in matter of days. It had been my experience "off season" that it takes two weeks, which is acceptable if you plan ahead.

I'm positive they were overloaded for the seasons... this last package csame to Rzoz in matter of days. It had been my experience "off season" that it takes two weeks, which is acceptable if you plan ahead.

is that 2 weeks just in customs? (that's still a bit slow, I would consider)

Illness... shortest path to UGI?

On June 2005 I broke my left collarbone and spent 10 weeks on recovery. My bike was a 2003 Specialized Epic (M4) with some upgrades. At first I thought "why not change the fork?", and I ended up selling it and building a whole new bike. "My" dream bike. After 9 months between waiting for the frame, deciding on parts, ebay-ing, etc. on May 2006 I traveled to Kentucky and this is what I got:

On June 2005 I broke my left collarbone and spent 10 weeks on recovery. My bike was a 2003 Specialized Epic (M4) with some upgrades. At first I thought "why not change the fork?", and I ended up selling it and building a whole new bike. "My" dream bike. After 9 months between waiting for the frame, deciding on parts, ebay-ing, etc. on May 2006 I traveled to Kentucky and this is what I got:

Yeah, I know. Sooner or later UGI strikes back... the question is, how hard will it be?

There's some room for improvement on those wheels...
Once you get more than 18 points of engagement, you hardly will want to go back.
I9's, CK's, ProII's... several choices that could even help you drop a bit of weight.

Also, the Schwalbes Racing Ralph and Nobby Nic are lighter than the CrossMark and do not compromise on grip...

There's some room for improvement on those wheels...
Once you get more than 18 points of engagement, you hardly will want to go back.
I9's, CK's, ProII's... several choices that could even help you drop a bit of weight.

Also, the Schwalbes Racing Ralph and Nobby Nic are lighter than the CrossMark and do not compromise on grip...

Also... the fork and shock could have a trip to Push Industries....

Sweet bike, BTW.

Oh, man... there's always room for improvement! UGI is that bad!

And it doesn't stop there...

* Fork: switch for a Pace RC41 XCAM.

* Crankset: upgrade to an Extralite E-Bones W or, even better, Carbones Clavicula MTB. By the way, some new Ti chainrings from Boone.

* Ti bolts everywhere

* Why stop at the Elite? A Thomson Masterpiece would save more grams...